EXCLUSIVE: Logan Miller (Escape Room franchise) has signed on to star alongside Barbarian breakout Georgina Campbell in Psycho Killer, a new horror-thriller from New Regency, which is heading into production in early spring.
13.03.2023 - 23:31 / deadline.com
Few feature films in recent memory have generated as much excitement around the city of London as Searchlight’s latest pic Rye Lane.
Written and directed by debut feature filmmaker Raine Allen-Miller, the romantic comedy, set in the bustling, predominantly Black neighborhood of Peckham, South London, is the talk of the town following its strong debut out of Sundance in January.
Deadline’s Anna Smith described the pic as a “sunny, irreverent take on life and love” that provides an “energetic bounce forward” for the romantic comedy genre.
“I wish I could step back and embrace it all, but I’m so nervous,” Allen-Miller told Deadline shortly before the film’s UK premiere at Peckhamplex, a historic community cinema in South London. “My worst nightmare is that people from South London watch it and think, Oh, God.”
The pic follows Dom, played by David Jonsson (Industry), and Yas (Vivian Oparah), a pair of twentysomethings nursing bad breakups, who find each other as they roam around the city, falling into a collection of tricky episodes, each more surreal and comedic than the last.
Bloods scribes Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia wrote the film’s screenplay, which was handed to Allen-Miller by prolific British indie producer Damian Jones (See How They Run), who shares a credit on the pic with Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (Top Boy).
Searchlight boarded the pic after it was developed at BBC Film with producer Eva Yates and is releasing the film in UK theaters on March 14 before taking it stateside for a straight-to-streaming release on Hulu on March 31.
Below, we catch up with Allen-Miller about the buzz surrounding her feature debut, the influence Small Axe filmmaker Steve McQueen has on her work, and Searchlight’s plan to skip US
EXCLUSIVE: Logan Miller (Escape Room franchise) has signed on to star alongside Barbarian breakout Georgina Campbell in Psycho Killer, a new horror-thriller from New Regency, which is heading into production in early spring.
Rye Lane will be coming to Disney+ and streaming services have been revealed.Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, follows a black love story starring David Jonsson as Dom and Vivian Oparah as Yas in London.A synopsis reads: “Two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes and potentially restoring their faith in romance.”Here are some details about the movie, and when it’ll be heading to streaming.The film will be released in the UK and Ireland on Disney+ on May 3.Yes, the film is set to release on Hulu and Hulu+ on March 31.Yes, check it out below. The trailer Dom and Yas as they begin to help each other with their nightmare ex-partners and look to restore their faith in romance – as well as providing a glimpse of the chemistry between Jonsson and Oparah in the rest of the movie. In an interview with NME, Jonsson was eager to shift credit to Oparah for the quality of the performance making the movie what it is.“Vivian is responsible for how good it is, really,” he said.
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Oscar-winning filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen is set to debut his latest project, a 24-minute film about the Grenfell Tower disaster, next month at the Serpentine art Gallery in West London.
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EXCLUSIVE: Following the end of her Saturday Night Live tenure, Kate McKinnon continues to build out that feature slate and sources tell Deadline the Emmy-winner is now set to star in Searchlight’s In The Blink of An Eye. Oscar-winner Andrew Stanton is directing with Colby Day penning the script. Jared Ian Goldman is producing with Day exec producing.
UPDATE: We have included the U.S. Trailer below.
If you live in the United Kingdom, you should make it a priority to see Raine Allen-Miller‘s feature debut, “Rye Lane,” in theaters. And if you’re in the United States, you should make sure to catch it when it drops on Hulu on March 31.
I, like most of the casting community, have spent time reading over the latest articles on the current state of casting (and the comments on those articles). It has been gut wrenching to read and try to digest, especially as someone who learned this industry in the southeast where self-tapes have been the prominent form of auditions since I started in 2007 working as a casting assistant and in extras casting.
Guy Lodge Film Critic Non-Londoners might think of the U.K. capital as a single city, the perceived interchangeability of its regions and locations evident in many a notionally London-set but geographically manic film where characters stroll from Chelsea Bridge to the heart of Soho in a matter of minutes. Residents know that its quadrants are so disparate as to be whole separate ecosystems, with the Thames River that separates north from south London a virtual equator running through the city. Those who have toured the Big Smoke via the movies — in particular, the idealized, exportable London of Working Title trifles and “Paddington” pictures — are largely familiar with the most leafy, genteel streets of the north and west, with the increasingly bourgeois east lately getting a look-in. But the diverse, dynamic neighborhoods of the south have received less than their due on screen, which is where Raine Allen-Miller’s delightful romantic comedy “Rye Lane” aims to set things right.
Addie Morfoot Contributor In 2015, Danish filmmaker Lin Alluna invited Aaju Peter out for a cup of coffee. Alluna didn’t know Peter but was “immediately captivated” by the Greenlandic Inuit lawyer and activist. “I was honored that she took time to meet with me, and those first hours I spent with Aaju were life-changing,” says Alluna. “She revealed hidden truths about myself and the history of my country that I knew I had to find a way to share.” So, in 2017, Alluna began filming Peter as she fought to defend the human rights of Indigenous peoples of the Arctic and also bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice. The result is “Twice Colonized,” a documentary about Peter’s fight for justice, her efforts to establish an Indigenous forum at the European Union and mend her own personal wounds.
Empire Magazine.“People who’ve seen Across… have told us that it feels like The Empire Strikes Back of the Spider-Verse franchise,” Miller told Empire for their exclusive issue including an image from the animated film. “It shows you worlds you haven’t seen, and it’s an emotional story that ends in a place where you need to see the third one. So, yeah: this is our ‘Empire’.”Besides main antagonist The Spot, Spider-Man 2099, also known as Miguel O’Hara (Oscar Isaac) will present some new challenges to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore).
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic There are movies made during the pandemic, and movies made because the pandemic, and though debuting director Jake Johnson had been kicking around the idea for “Self Reliance” for years, it took COVID to motivate him to make it. Why? Because the “New Girl” actor’s absurdist concept — about a sad-sack bored enough with his life that he agrees to risk it in a “Most Dangerous Game”-style reality show — assumed both profundity and relevance as soon as the species went into lockdown. Coming up for connection, Johnson delivers a silly and frequently surprising why-we-need-people parable. The helmer plays Tommy, who’s been a passive bystander in his own life for as long as he can remember, until one day famous dude Andy Samberg (who also happens to be among the film’s producers) randomly pulls up in a stretch limo and offers Tommy a ride. Should he take it? Probably not, but Tommy’s bored enough to accept, agreeing to meet a pair of eccentric producers who inform him that he’s been selected for a chance to win a million dollars. All he has to do is survive for 30 days, while a team of highly trained “hunters” try to take him out.
Amon Warmann Guest Contributor It’s little wonder why British romantic comedy “Rye Lane”has been scoring so much positive buzz of late. Directed by Raine Anne-Miller, it’s an infectiously funny and stylish feature debut that tells the story of Dom (David Jonsson, “Industry”) and Yas (Vivian Oparah, “Class”), who find connection with each other while getting over their respective breakups. The film, written by “Bloods” scribes Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, had its world premiere at Sundance in January. Ahead of the film’s U.K. premiere – taking place at the infamous Peckhamplex, which features in the movie – Variety caught up with Anne-Miller, Jonsson and Oparah in London earlier this week to chat about first meetings, inventive camerawork and much more.